happy new year!!!

in this new year, we will live one day at a time. we will make each day one of preparation for better things ahead. we will not dwell on the past or the future, only on the present. we will bury fear of the future, all thoughts of unkindness and bitterness, all our dislikes, our resentments, our sense of failure, our disappointments in others and in ourselves, our gloom and our despondency. we will leave all these things buried and go forward, in this new year, into a new life.

when you are sad or worked up...look to the sky. see the clouds still drifting and the birds flying. trust that the goodness of life would go on despite the atrocities that you may be dealing with. look to the sky. we can be free. happy new year!

although it feels like a rollercoaster now...life will calm down!

the following are a few things i heard at a meeting today.  please share what ever comments you might have.

• we are no longer alone.
• not everyday will be wonderful. it's okay!
• fake it till you make it...act the way you want to feel and you will begin to feel that way.
• enjoy this day sober.
• we will know a new freedom and a new happiness.
• we have got to do the footwork...one day at a time.
• poor me...poor me...pour me a drink?
• you can control 'it' and control 'it' and then at some point 'it' will control you.
• practice saying 'oooohhhhhh'...you don't have to respond or react to everything.
• if someone says 'i liked you better when you were drinking', say...'i liked you better when i was drinking too!'
• it's okay to be selfish in new sobriety. we are like a newborn. we need to be taken care of. it takes time.
• work as hard in recovery as you did in your addiction.
• stay in the moment.

who am i? it will take sometime to figure it out. 'we' will figure it out. getting sober introduces you to a whole new mature way of living.